Chanderpaul up to second in test rankings

Reuters - West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul moved up to second place in the International Cricket Council's test rankings for batsmen following his remarkable run in the home series against Australia.

Left-handed Chanderpaul scored 442 runs from six innings, including two centuries and three fifties, to be named player of the series despite his team losing 2-0.

Chanderpaul gained three more places after the final test which ended in Barbados on Monday to move ahead of the Australian pair of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey, who lost the top spot to Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara.